I live in Sanford NC and recently I asked my parents to transfer my money from Russia. Wood Forest is the only bank in this area that handles large Western Union transactions. The web site said the large transactions can be up to $5,000, but in reality you cannot cash over $2,500. I had no idea, otherwise I would not tell my parents to use Western Union to make it easier for them. There was no note or any sign in the bank about their limits on transactions. The bank changed their limit without informing Western Union so they could update theit site. They offered to senders(my parents) to split one transaction, but it didn't work and my parents got the money back. But they lost $161 for transferring money back and forth.